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Thera’s Bane is a ability that Kratos acquires in God of War: Ghost of Sparta. He rips this power from the chest of the TitanThera as he frees her from her prison beneath the volcano of Atlantis. It has the ability to engulf the Blades of Athena in fire. It greatly increases the power of the blades, and it allows Kratos to implant searing cores into his enemies which will explode after a few seconds. It also destroys the shields and armour of various creatures. Thera's Bane can be used to open damaged doors by placing a Searing Core in the center of the door, causing an explosion. It makes the colour of the Blades of Athena black and red.

While using Thera's Bane, Kratos will not stagger when hit by attacks from enemies, but remains vulnerable.

Thera's Bane at full power due to Kratos' rage

Some enemies, including Thanatos and Erinys, wore armour that rendered them invulnerable to all attacks. Kratos was only able to defeat them by using this ability against them, to destroy their shielding.

In the final battle, the death of Deimos spurred Kratos' rage to such heights that the Blades of Athena became engulfed in Thera's Bane for the remainder of the battle. This is the reason why Thera's Bane is infinite (indicated by a flashing red fire bar) for that battle and that you can attack with the Blades of Athena without holding R button (R1 in PS3).

You can ignite the Blades of Athena while in the middle of a combo. With this trick, you can see the animation effect quickly changing as you perform a combo.

Holding L and R (L1 and R1 in PS3) will ignite the Blades of Athena while blocking and allows you to perform fiery counterattacks. Also, when you time these buttons during an enemy attack (parrying), the special effect will be ignited with fire and this counterattack will also implant Searing Cores to these enemies for additional damage.